Necessity
Necessity noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
Usage example: two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity
Straitening and necessity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Straitening" instead a noun "Necessity".
Straitening
Necessity and straitening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessity" instead a noun "Straitening".
Nearby Words: straiten, straitened
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- want and necessity
- want and straitening
- need and necessity
- need and straitening
- poverty and necessity
- poverty and straitening
- destitution and necessity
- destitution and straitening
- indigence and necessity
- indigence and straitening
- neediness and necessity
- neediness and straitening
- penury and necessity
- penury and straitening
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